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soft-land

/sawf-land, soft-/US // ˈsɔfˌlænd, ˈsɒft- //

软土地,软土地上,软地,柔和地带

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to land slowly and without jarring impact: The craft will soft-land on the moon.

Examples

  • For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.

  • There were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet.

  • It was supposed to land in Singapore at 8:57 a.m. local time.

  • The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.

  • In this American dream, we are emotionally tied to the people and land of our communities.

  • Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.

  • And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.

  • It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.

  • Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.

  • It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.